HK solicitors admitted overseas

This table analyses all solicitors admitted in HK and currently seen in the Law Society's Law List, whether practising or not. To which other jurisdictions they have been admitted, before or after being admitted to HK? Click a column heading to sort. Click a jurisdiction to see lawyers who have been admitted both there and in HK.

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Jurisdiction Lawyers Before
HK		 On or
after
HK		 Share
before
1 England & Wales 3254 1223 2031 37.6%
2 New South Wales, Australia 462 377 85 81.6%
3 New York, USA 455 357 98 78.5%
4 Singapore 283 116 167 41.0%
5 Victoria, Australia 209 126 83 60.3%
6 ACT, Australia 159 32 127 20.1%
7 New Zealand 94 75 19 79.8%
8 California, USA 72 60 12 83.3%
9 Queensland, Australia 68 53 15 77.9%
10 China (People's Republic) 67 55 12 82.1%
11 Ontario, Canada 58 45 13 77.6%
12 British Columbia, Canada 52 42 10 80.8%
13 Malaysia 44 44 0 100.0%
14 West Australia, Australia 33 31 2 93.9%
15 Ireland 26 12 14 46.2%
16 District of Columbia, USA 22 22 0 100.0%
17 Scotland 22 21 1 95.5%
18 South Australia, Australia 18 16 2 88.9%
19 Tasmania, Australia 15 2 13 13.3%
20 British Virgin Islands 14 3 11 21.4%
21 India 13 12 1 92.3%
22 New Jersey, USA 12 12 0 100.0%
23 Alberta, Canada 9 7 2 77.8%
24 Massachusetts, USA 9 9 0 100.0%
25 Taiwan 9 9 0 100.0%
26 Washington, USA 9 8 1 88.9%
27 Illinois, USA 8 8 0 100.0%
28 Northern Ireland 8 3 5 37.5%
29 Bermuda 7 4 3 57.1%
30 France 6 6 0 100.0%
31 Germany 6 6 0 100.0%
32 Italy 4 4 0 100.0%
33 Northern Territory, Australia 4 1 3 25.0%
34 Texas, USA 4 4 0 100.0%
35 Connecticut, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
36 Florida, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
37 Israel 3 3 0 100.0%
38 Pennsylvania, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
39 Philippines 3 3 0 100.0%
40 South Africa 3 3 0 100.0%
41 Belgium 2 2 0 100.0%
42 Brunei 2 1 1 50.0%
43 Hawaii, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
44 Japan 2 2 0 100.0%
45 Manitoba, Canada 2 0 2 0.0%
46 Maryland, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
47 Minnesota, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
48 Missouri, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
49 Nevada,USA 2 2 0 100.0%
50 Ohio, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
51 Quebec, Canada 2 2 0 100.0%
52 Sweden 2 2 0 100.0%
53 Virginia, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
54 Alabama, USA 1 0 1 0.0%
55 Anguilla 1 0 1 0.0%
56 Colorado, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
57 Georgia, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
58 Indiana, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
59 Kentucky, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
60 Maine, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
61 Marshall Islands 1 1 0 100.0%
62 Nauru 1 0 1 0.0%
63 Nebraska, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
64 Nepal 1 1 0 100.0%
65 Netherlands 1 1 0 100.0%
66 North Carolina, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
67 Oregon, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
68 Pakistan 1 1 0 100.0%
69 Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 100.0%
70 Russia 1 1 0 100.0%
71 Saskatchewan, Canada 1 1 0 100.0%
72 South Carolina, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
73 Switzerland 1 1 0 100.0%
74 Wisconsin, USA 1 1 0 100.0%

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